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Dear Friends, 

Today Tom and I will spend Thanksgiving with members of our family in North Carolina. Like so many others, we plan to prepare a traditional Turkey dinner, watch a fair amount of football and enjoy simply being together. We'll give great thanks for these small things, for it is freedom and the benevolence of Almighty God that make them possible.

The practice of Thanksgiving is a unifying moment in our country. Together we express gratitude as a nation for the richness of our heritage and for the multitude of blessings to which we lay claim, not the very least of which is the legacy of the Republic entrusted to us by great Americans before.

As households gather across our United States to celebrate with friends and loved ones, we will not forget those who are standing watch. Thousands of troops this year will be separated from their families, deployed throughout the world for our protection. Other men and women, too, will be working at home, patrolling our streets and responding to emergencies - all to ensure our domestic security. These folks don't hear thank you enough, so if you get the chance, tell them.

May you and your family have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving, and may we continue together to lift up in thanks and prayer our United States of America.

Sincerely,
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx

P.S. For those of you looking to share a bit more about the history of America's Thanksgiving celebration, I found the resources from the What so Proudly we Hail Project to be extremely helpful.